Digital BW, The Print

Paul, thanks for clarifying. I checked the display in system preferences and the right profile 
was indeed selected. 

And Walt, I do think for PS it should not be, so I"ve got it on ProPhoto RGB 
still.

Re-calibrating the monitor did seem to help.


Sarah





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wwodets" <odets@c...> wrote:
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> Martin,
> 
> I believe that I am correct in saying that the working space should 
> *not* be the monitor profile.  Photoshop automatically uses the 
> monitor profile recognized by the operating system (at least on the 
> PC).  The working space should represent something like the printer 
> space (gamma 2.2, dot gain 20% or something like that).  
> Photoshop "translates" from file to monitor and file to printer and 
> the use of the monitor profile as working space will defeat the 
> entire idea of "color" management.  We are interested in seeing, on 
> screen, the printer space.  The monitor profile used as working space 
> will limit the printed image to the monitor space.
> 
> Perhaps there is something I am misunderstanding in this observation 
> and, if so, someone should correct me.
> 
> Walt
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> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Martin Paul 
> <martin@m...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > You should see if your monitor profile is the one being used by  
> > Photoshop.
> > Go into Edit>colorsettings> under working spaces, click on the 
> pull  
> > down menu
> > and at the top of that , should be listed your monitor profile. On  
> > the Artisan,
> > it is something like CRS photo D65 1.8 and a bunch of numbers.It  
> > should match the one
> > in the Artisan software when you launch the cal utility
> > Hope this might help.
> > Martin Paul
> >
>